The Prime Minister of Iraq announced on Friday, the leader of the Islamic State has been killed in Iraq and Syria.
Iraq Prime Minister Mohammad Shia al-Sudani said in a statement that Abdulla Maki Mosleh al-Rifi, or “Abu Khadija”, was killed in an operation by members of the Iraqi National Intelligence Service.
The Prime Minister described Al-Rifi as “Iraq and one of the most dangerous terrorists in the world”.
US President Donald Trump reacted to this news on his social media platform Truth social, “the unhappy life of Al-Rifi was abolished.”
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Iraq Prime Minister Mohammad Shia al-Sudani described Al-Rifi as “one of the most dangerous terrorists in Iraq and the world”. (AP)
Trump wrote on Friday night, “ISIS fugitive leaders were killed in Iraq today.” “He was constantly hunted by our fearless war. His pathetic life was abolished in coordination with the ISIS government and the Kurdish regional government.”
“Peace through strength!” The President said.
The US Central Command said in a statement that its army in collaboration with Iraqi intelligence and security forces launched an aerial attack in Al Anbar province, Iraq, which “global ISIS #2 leaders, Global Operations Head and Representative Committee Amir-Abdullah Makki Makki Muslims, Muslims, Alias’ Abu Khadij, ‘Abu Khadijh,’ and another Isisis.
US President Donald Trump “abolished the unhappy life of Al-Rifi.” (Getty image)
“As the rich of the most senior decision -making body of ISIS, Abu Khadija maintained responsibility for operating, logistics and planning by ISIS globally, and directed a significant part of finance for the global organization of the group,” said that “said.
Islamic State/Iraq/Syria: A masked Islamic State soldier caught the ISIL banner somewhere in the deserts of Iraq or Syria. ISIL Publicity Image, 2015. (Picture from History/Universal Image Group through Getty Image)
After the strike, the US and the Iraqi army moved to the strike and the two were found to be the dead ISIS targets, which each was wearing an unexplained “suicide inherent” and who had many weapons, St.com said.
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Syrian Foreign Minister Asad al-Shaybani, left, speaks during a news conference with his Iraqi counterpart Fauud Hussain, after his meeting, Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, March 14, 2025. (AP)
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The US and Iraqi forces were able to identify Al-Rifi using the DNA collected in the previous raid, where he survived narrowly.
“Abu Khadija was one of the most important ISIS members in the entire global ISIS organization. We will continue to kill terrorists and destroy their organizations that threaten our motherland and America, more in the region and partner personnel,” General Michael Eric Kurilla, Commander in Centomm, said in a statement.
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